24 hours in pictures : September 10 2007

Mathews, Virginia : The morning sunrise beams out from behind a layer of clouds. Photograph: Ron Edmonds/AP

Myawadi, Burma : A Burmese street vendor carries play things. Myanmar's economy is extremely undeveloped with the lowest growth rate in the region and still continues to slow down due to a major crackdown of demonstrations in various towns and cities throughout the country over a hike in fuel prices of around 500 per cent by the military junta. Photograph: RUNGRO/EPA

Rothley, UK : Reporters and television crews are reflected in the playroom window of the McCann family home. The McCann family have returned from Portugal after local police questioned them on the disappearance of their four year old Madeleine, who vanished from their hoiliday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Axum, Ethiopia : Ethiopian women follow men in a procession through an early morning mist to celebrate a special pre-millenium mass at an Orthodox church. Due to a quirk in the Orthodox Christian calender of Ethiopia the country will celebrate the year 2000 - 7 years, 7 months and 7 days behind most of the rest of the world, on 11 September 2007. Photograph: STEPHEN MORRISON/EPA

Mumbai, India: Devotees carry a statue of elephant headed Hindu God Ganesh, the Hindu deity of prosperity, through a street. The statue is meant for the forthcoming festival Ganesh Chaturthi, a ten-day long festival, which will be celebrated on 15 October. Photograph: STR/EPA

Cape Town, South Africa: South African riot police drag away a man after firing rubber bullets and stone grenades at hundreds of residents of the Joe Slovo informal settlement demonstrating against the lack of services provided by the government in the Gugulethu township Photograph: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP

Hyderabad, India : A rescue operation is in progress after the Punjagutta flyover, a highway overpass under construction. Police said at least 20 people were killed and several people were believed still trapped in the rubble after the accident in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state. Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A/AP

New York, USA : Phillip Lim 2008 spring/summer collection is modeled during Fashion Week. Photograph: Dima Gavrysh/AP

Baghdad, Iraq : An American soldier prepares to search a home for illegal weapons in the Hurriyah neighborhood. Photograph: John Moore/Getty

New York, USA: The Hungry March Band parades to the boardwalk at Coney Island. Coney Island has been a summer destination for millions of working class New Yorkers for generations. A developer, Thor Equities, is planning a two billion dollar makeover of the historic seaside theme park. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistani policemen detain a supporter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to prevent him from approaching Islamabad airport. Photograph: PEDRO UGARTE/AFP

Women of African origin stand with their children on a sidewalk that have been squatted since two months by some hundred persons. French secretary of state for Human Rights, Rama Yade, made a "mistake due to her inexperience" during her visit to the Aubervilliers squatters, said Prime minister Francois Fillon. Photograph: THOMAS COEX/AFP

El Cerinal, Guatemala : People burn ballots as riot police secures a voting center during Guatemala's general elections. Angry residents stormed two voting centers, burning the ballots in a Municipal level election dispute. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Istanbul, Turkey : Visitors walk by the sculpture 'Lessons on love' by artist Hamra Abbas from Kuwait, which is displayed at the Istanbul Biennial. Photograph: TOLGA BOZOGLU/EPA